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This suite of applications has been updated and combined for your convenience. For details, read the rest of this web release note. 

This software pack includes the following:

• Creative Media Explorer (version 6.00.04)
  Allows you to manage your player easily in the familiar "Windows Explorer" environment.
• Audio CD Ripper (version 5.20.09)
  Extracts songs from an audio CD and transfers them to your player.
• SmartFill (version 2.00.26)
  Fills up your player with songs automatically.
• Lyrics Editor (version 1.10.07)*
  Edits and synchronizes lyrics to your music files.
  * Available only with selected Creative products.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Provides compatibility between Creative Media Explorer and Microsoft® Windows Vista™ systems.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista
• Windows Media® Player 11
• USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended for faster transfers)
• Creative MuVo® S200, MuVo V200, MuVo V100, MuVo N200 or MuVo TX FM.

Notes:

• To install this software pack
  1. Download the file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This suite of applications has been updated and combined for your convenience. For details, read the rest of this web release note. 

This software pack includes the following:

• Creative Media Explorer (version 6.00.04)
  Allows you to manage your player easily in the familiar "Windows Explorer" environment.
• Audio CD Ripper (version 5.20.09)
  Extracts songs from an audio CD and transfers them to your player.
• SmartFill (version 2.00.26)
  Fills up your player with songs automatically.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Provides compatibility between Creative Media Explorer and Microsoft® Windows Vista™ systems.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista
• Windows Media® Player 11
• USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended for faster transfers)
• Creative ZEN™ Nano or ZEN Nano Plus 

Notes:

• To install this software pack
  1. Download the file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This suite of applications has been updated and combined for your convenience. For details, read the rest of this web release note. 

This software pack includes the following:

• Creative Media Explorer (version 6.00.04)
  Allows you to manage your player easily in the familiar "Windows Explorer" environment.
• Audio CD Ripper (version 5.20.09)
  Extracts songs from an audio CD and transfers them to your player.
• SmartFill (version 2.00.26)
  Fills up your player with songs automatically.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Provides compatibility between Creative Media Explorer and Microsoft® Windows Vista™ systems.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista
• Windows Media® Player 11
• USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended for faster transfers)
• Creative ZEN™ Nano or ZEN Nano Plus 

Notes:

• To install this software pack
  1. Download the file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ support for the audio devices listed below. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Creative Sound Blaster® Digital Music
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy® 2 NX
• Creative Sound Blaster Live!® 24-bit External
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music PX
• Creative Sound Blaster Connect
• Creative Sound Blaster MP3+
• Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
• Creative Sound Blaster Digital Music SX
• Creative USB Sound Blaster Digital Music LX
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor

Applications included in this release:

• Creative Device Control
• Creative EAX Settings
• Creative Speaker Settings*

The above should not be installed with applications from the installation CD.

* Use this to change your computer's audio output to Headphone only. To configure your speakers, use Windows Vista's Control Panel.

Features unsupported in this release:

• DVD-Audio
• Decoding of DTS™ signals
• Decoding of Dolby® Digital
• CMSS™
• SPDIF passthrough (in Windows Vista 64-bit only)

Requirements:

• Windows Vista 32-bit or Windows Vista 64-bit
• Creative audio devices listed above

Notes:

• To install the driver
  1. Download the USBVS_PCDRV_LB_1_00_0060.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
• To uninstall the driver
  1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Control Panel.
  2. Double-click the Device Manager icon.
  3. Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers option.
  4. Right-click the name of your audio device, and select Uninstall.
  5. From the the Confirm Device Uninstall dialog box, select the Delete the driver software for this device option.
     Note: This check box must be selected to avoid reinstallation issues.
  6. Click the OK button.
  7. Restart your computer.
• To reinstall the driver
  1. Double-click the USBVS_PCDRV_LB_1_00_0060.exe file.
  2. When the message You must restart your computer to apply these changes appears, click the Restart Later button.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This download contains an improved version of the driver found on the Creative Video Blaster® Editor. It improves the sound quality of video captures under certain usage scenarios. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download also includes VidCap, an application for capturing and converting videos with Video Blaster Editor.

Fixes

•  Improves the sound quality of video captures under certain usage scenarios.

Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
• Video Blaster Editor

Notes  

• DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Video Editor.
• To install this driver,
  1. Close all other Windows applications.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Features:

• Lets you select audio features and resolution settings that work best with your notebook computer.
• Enables audio playback through your notebook's built-in speakers.

Requirements:

Notes:

• To install the update, double-click the update file and follow the instructions on the screen.
• To check the version number of your audio drivers, do the following:
  1. Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and click Properties.
     Alternatively, launch Windows Explorer, right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Hardware tab.
  3. Click the Device Manager button.
  4. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers.
  5. Right-click Creative SB Audigy2 (WDM) and click Properties.
  6. Click the Drivers tab.
  7. Check that the version number of your audio drivers is 5.12.10.1042 or 5.12.4.1081.
  8. Click the OK button.
• If your audio drivers are not version 5.12.10.1042 or 5.12.4.1081, you must install Creative Sound Blaster Audigy, Audigy 2 series and Audigy 4 series Driver SBAX_WBUP2_LB_2_09_0016.exe.

This download contains an improved version of the driver found on the Creative Live!® Cam Video IM Pro installation CD. It fixes the video preview function for your Live! Cam. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Fixes

• Ensures videos are previewed properly.

Requirements

• Windows® Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
• Microsoft DirectX® (9.0 or later)
• Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro (VF0230)

Notes

• To install this driver
  1. Download the file into your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the file and follow the instructions on the screen.

Note: If your current firmware version is 1.40.03, the new firmware may require you to retransfer any existing DRM-enabled tracks back to your player. For more information, see "Notes" below.

Added features and enhancements

• Improves DRM-protected file transfer latency.
• Adds FM recording for players with firmware version 1.40.03.
• Ensures that audio files more than 18 hours long are transferred properly.

Fixes

• Ensures that the video aspect ratio is preserved in videos playing through the Video Out jack.
• Ensures proper playback of DRM-enabled tracks under certain usage scenarios.

Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later), or Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 or later
• Windows Media® Player 10 or later
• USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended for faster transfers)
• Creative ZEN Vision

Notes

• To check your player's firmware version
  1. Turn on your player.
  2. From the main menu, select System -> Information.
     The firmware version number is indicated next to Version.
• To install this firmware
  1. Download the file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all applications and Windows Explorer windows that are currently running on your computer.
  3. Connect your player to your computer.
  4. Double-click the firmware file and follow the instructions on the screen.
• If your player's firmware version as checked above was 1.40.03, and there are playback issues with DRM-enabled tracks after installing this new firmware, launch the transfer software to delete and retransfer DRM-enabled tracks to your player.

This download contains the Creative Live! Cam Doodling application. With Live! Cam Doodling, you can scribble words or drawings on your video using the pens that are included with your application.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) or Windows 2000
• Creative Live! Cam with Advanced Video FX

This download upgrades your Creative Advanced Video FX Utility application. It supports semi-transparency effects in Creative Advanced Video FX Utility. For details, read the rest of this web release note.

Enhancements:

•   Supports semi-transparency effects in Creative Advanced Video FX Utility.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition
• Creative WebCam Instant, WebCam Live! or WebCam Live! Effects

Notes:

• To install this application, do the following:
  1. Download the AVXU_PCAPP_LA_1_02_01.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.